Vale
Member of UN Global Compact
Headquarters in Brazil
Vale was known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) until Nov 2007. For items about the company prior to Nov 2007, see our website section on Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.
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[PDF] Mining: Partnerships for Development - Position Statement
Author: Intl. Council on Mining & Metals
...ICMM member companies commit to actively support or help develop partnerships...with the aim of enhancing the social and economic contribution of mining... [M]ember companies will...:...
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Social risk mitigation taking mining’s centre stage
Author: Martin Creamer, Mining Weekly
Increasingly, the ability of a company to acquire a ‘social licence’ to mine is becoming very highly valued…Mine-impacted communities are expected to be treated fairly and more than 60 financial institutions have adopted the Equator Principles, which...
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Carbon Disclosure Project finds improved disclosure of emissions among world's largest companies - Bayer, BASF, HSBC, Wal-Mart, Chevron lead
Plundering the Amazon
Author: Michael Smith, Adriana Brasileiro, Bloomberg Markets
Alcoa and Cargill have bypassed laws designed to prevent destruction of the world’s largest rain forest, Brazilian prosecutors say. The damage wrought by scores of companies is robbing the earth of its best shield against global warming. [refers to...
[PDF] Carbon Disclosure Project 2009 - Global 500 Report
Author: Carbon Disclosure Project
Following the increase in the number of CDP signatories, the standard of disclosure over the past seven years since the inception of CDP has increased dramatically... The number of Asian companies responding to CDP 2009 increasedby 39% (51 to 71) from...
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Brazilian First Lady discusses fight against child and adolescent exploitation and the promotion of World Congress III with business sector
Author: Agência Brasil
Business people and federal government representatives – including the Brazilian First Lady, Marisa Letícia – met on Wednesday (Sept. 18) to discuss strategies for fighting child sexual exploitation...the Chairperson of the Brazilian Communications...
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Amazon Indian Iron, Diamonds in Brazil May Turn Legal to Mine
Author: Diana Kinch, Bloomberg
For decades, Valeria Paye Pereira and her tribe of Tiriyo Indians in Brazil's Para state have fought wildcat miners...[who] have cut trees, polluted waters and attacked the tribe's wood-and-straw homes. Now, the 1,100-member tribe is taking its fight...
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Author: Milagros Salazar, IPS
El Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos emitió una sanción moral contra las prácticas de 24 corporaciones europeas y los Estados que permiten la vulneración de derechos. El dictamen será enviado a cinco instancias internacionales, a los países afectados...
Alcoa Invests Near Planned Mines [Brazil]
Author: Devon Maylie, Wall Street Journal
[access to full article requires paid subscription] Juruti, Brazil: The global commodities boom has spurred Alcoa Inc. to spend more than $35 million to bring a hospital, water system and technical skills to this remote jungle town…Humanitarian...
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Brazil landless blockade railway
Author: BBC News
Hundreds of landless farmers in Brazil blockaded a railway operated by mining giant Vale for several hours... The demonstrators said they were protesting against a hydroelectric dam built by Vale and an energy company that had, they said, displaced...
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